JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Materials science, Mechanical Engineering

Course objectives: The course is intended to

• To identify, design and develop new materials and composites for compact thermal energy storage.
• To develop measuring and testing procedures to characterize new storage materials reliably and reproducibly.
• To improve the performance, stability, and cost-effectiveness of new storage materials.
• To develop multi-scale numerical models, describing and predicting the performance of new materials in thermal storage systems.
• To develop and demonstrate novel compact thermal energy storage systems employing the advanced materials.
• To assess the impact of new materials on the performance of thermal energy storage in the different applications considered.
• To disseminate the knowledge and experience acquired in this task

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Successfully apply advanced concepts of materials engineering to the analysis, design and development of materials, devices, systems, and processes to meet desired needs of society professionally and ethically.
• Be continuously aware of contemporary issues and research opportunities/challenges in the field of materials engineering as related to energy and sustainability and engage in life-long learning in the field and in the fundamentals of other related disciplines.
• Use advanced materials characterization techniques, skills, and modern scientific and engineering tools.
• Communicate effectively in written and oral form, both, individually and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

UNIT - I

Review of MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: FUNDAMENTALS AND TENSILE, HARDNESS, AND IMPACT TESTING: The Tensile Test: Use of the Stress – Strain Diagram, True Stress and True Strain, The Bend Test for Brittle Materials, Hardness of Materials, Strain Rate effects and Impact Behaviour Heat Treatment of Steels and Cast Irons: Designations and Classification of Steels, Simple Heat treatments, Isothermal Heat treatments, Quench and Temper Heat treatments, Surface treatments, Weldability of Steel. FRACTURE MECHANICS, FATIGUE, AND CREEP BEHAVIOUR: Fracture Mechanics, The Importance of Fracture Mechanics, Micro structural Features of Fracture in Metallic Materials, Micro structural Features of Fracture in Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites, Fatigue, Result of the Fatigue test, Application of Fatigue test, Creep, Stress Rupture, and Stress Corrosion, Evaluation of creep Behaviour

UNIT - II

Nuclear Power Plant and Their Materials: Nuclear reactor, pressurized reactor, breeder reactor. Materials for fuel, control rods, coolant, moderator, shielding. Effects of Radiation on Materials Properties: Effects of , ,  rays on creep, fatigue, tensile, and other properties of metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, rubbers etc. Effects on electrical, electronic and magnetic behaviour of materials, Effects on crystal structure, grain size etc.

R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering

UNIT - III

Materials in Fuel cells and Solar Cells Electrocatalyst materials for low temperature fuel cells, Conductive membranes for low-temperature fuel cells, Materials for high temperature fuel cells, silicon, quantum dots for solar energy, nanomaterials for solar thermal energy and photovoltaic.

UNIT - IV

Materials in Thermal Power Generation Super alloys, steels, ceramics, TBC, hydrogen membrane materials, sensor and sensor materials, biomass, coal, flyash, etc.

UNIT - V

Energy storage-Artificial photosynthesis/solar to fuels, CO2 separation and utilization, Safer nuclear waste disposal, biofuels production, biological fuel cell technologies, reduction of energy use in manufacturing processes, Improved grid technologies, sustainable energy economy

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Introduction to Nuclear Science by Bryan, J. C., CRC Press.
• 2. Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science by G.S. Was, Springer

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Nuclear Reactor Materials and Applications by B.M. Ma, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
• 2. Nuclear Reactor Materials by C.O. Smith, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
• 3. Fundamentals Aspects of Nuclear Fuel Elements by D.R. Olander.
• 4. Structural Materials in Nuclear Power Systems by J. T. A. Roberts, Plenum Press.
• 5. Handbook of Fuel Cells, Wolf Vielstich by Arnold Lamm, Hubert A. Gasteiger, and Harumi Yokokawa, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• 6. Advanced power plant materials, design and technology, Edited by D Roddy, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy No. 5 and CRC Press. R19 M.Tech. Thermal Engineering M. TECH. (THERMAL ENGINEERING)